Michael Donkor was born in London to Ghanaian parents. He studied English at Wadham College, Oxford, followed by a Masters in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway. His first novel, Hold, was longlisted for the Dylan Thomas and shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prizes. He is a frequent contributor to outlets including the Guardian, the TLS and the Independent.
Hugely enjoyable and very moving, Donkor's frank, clear-eyed and
funny prose is so refreshing - an important voice in contemporary
British fiction
*Diana Evans, author of Ordinary People*
I loved every shining moment. In this radiant, deeply felt novel,
Michael Donkor offers us the complexities of modern life - messy
love, aching loss, our capacity for forgiveness, dignity and
self-acceptance - with all the grace and fluent clarity of a
singular, open-hearted storyteller
*Guy Gunaratne, author of In This Mad and Furious City*
A refreshing and beautifully observed queer narrative that centres
someone who is, like many of us, simply seeking joy in a world we
are not responsible for
*Mendez, author of Rainbow Milk*
Donkor is a real talent
*Sarah Winman, author of Still Life*
His work has an immediacy and a warmth to it and his is a world you
want to enter
*Jackie Kay, Ten most important BAME writers working in the UK
today*
Donkor is a master-weaver, threading together a story rich in
layers and nuance. The characters are bursting out of their
restraints to find what truly suits them. Beautiful, generous
story-telling, compelling characters and so much delicious
depth
*Olumide Popoola, author of When We Speak of Nothing*
Elegant ... An author confident of his storytelling skills, and
rightly so
*The i*
An elegant coming-of-age tale about confronting the ghosts of our
childhood, queer love and finding the courage to live a bigger and
better life for ourselves
*The i, Best New Books to Read in March*
Donkor revels in the detail of everyday life in this languorous
coming-of-age novel ... Donkor both rejects many of the knee-jerk
pieties about race while lending his story an easy, conversational
intimacy. A novel that glows with the ache of being alive
*Daily Mail*
Deftly interweaving the stories of two big reckonings in Kwame’s
life – first as a 10-year-old and again two decades later – this
coming of age tale about queer love and the ghosts of our past
deserves to be treasured widely
*inews, The 14 most underrated books of 2024*
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